The layout to go into the parking lot would have been fine had it been advertised and sign posted – and there is no consideration for people travelling east on Church Street to turn into the parking lot – there is a “ghost island” to protect traffic coming out of the parking lot which means, with the way the current markings are, that you cannot turn right. And as Dockyard Lackey observed below – Par la ville Road and Church Street junction is now basically an accident waiting to happen.

A no right turn sign exiting the parking lot seems pretty simple to me, as oppose to changing the layout and now creating more traffic in the right lane. Just what Hamilton needs another bottleneck spot during rush hour. You could probably also put a no right turn sign leaving City Hall parking lot via Wesley street, that way people choosing to leave town via Par-la-Ville road and Front street can use the Par-la-Ville parking lot, and people choosing to leave via Church street use City Hall. You may say this is an inconvenience to some, but so is waiting at traffics lights because someone pushed their car out in front of you trying to turn right during rush hour.

What are you talking about? Who said you can’t turn right exiting the parking lot? I don’t see how it’s causing a bottleneck spot by splitting traffic into 2 lanes. The only difference is that people waiting to go into the parking lot wouldn’t have to wait if the traffic was backed up. If no one is waiting to go to the parking lot, the traffic is functioning as it always did. The rest of the comment is confusing and stupid as well. Are you suggesting making parking lots have through ways?…In turn causing more accidents

So let look at the issue of traffic. The old way had two, the left lane at the lights would turn left and go straight while the right lane would turn right and i’m sure we can all agree it worked fine.

Now for the changes, yes it would be easier for people trying to get into the parking lot as you say but where you are wrong is that the flow of traffic is now changed at the lights as well. Now at the lights the left lane is left turn only while the right lane is now straight and right turn. what this now means that if some one going straight and there is person turning right then every one behind them has to wait. This cause the traffic to back up and given that every one who is heading to the lights has to be in the right lane before the parking lot this will cause massive backups in traffic.

Now as for what GTA is say, it makes sense because if you are leaving the parking lot and turning right you are forced to take into consideration three lanes of traffic, and if you can’t cross smoothly you then end up blocking two lanes of traffic. So by saying ‘no right turns’ people leaving the parking lot would be only turning left which means they are entering the flow of traffic which would be easier to do and the driver only has to focus on one lane of traffic not three.

This is all well and good, but the road markings after the entrance/exit of the parking lot need to be revised. At present the left lane directs traffic to turn left and the Centre Lane directs traffic to go straight. The left lane should be straight or turn left, and the Centre lane should be right turn only onto Par-la-vile Road. The way it stands now, traffic heading straight towards Richmond Road would have to wait behind traffic turning north on Par-la-Ville. Chaos!

The personis talking about the lights that were repainted the same time as the top of the hill. As the person has said they changed which lane does what and i’ve seen four almost hits because of it. They were changed and no notice by the City was given.

Another totally asinine decision in road markings by the COH . All this is going to do is cause confusion and road rage as few , if any ,will notice or follow the change and keep doing what they’ve always done . For those people who kept current they will be in the 2nd westbound lane intending to switch back over into the left westbound lane only to have all the spaces/room taken by people who stayed in ‘lane 1′ and never turned into PLV car park .

@Really, well said. We tend to complain too much too soon only to conclude later that there really wasn’t anything to complain about. It’s in the City; should already be driving slow, now pay attention.

The left hand lane needs to be left and straight ahead at the Par la Ville junction not left only that’s ridiculous and an accident waiting to happen. How can you make the right hand lane tight turn and ahead? Needs a rethink it should be right lane right turn and the left lane left turn and ahead as it was before, it’s not rocket science seriously…..

Seems like an accident/road rage waiting to happen. We already have plenty of bottlenecks in the city as it is.

Also, I think is unfair and asinine that cars have to pay to park and not bikes. Don’t they realize that if bikes paid they’d increase revenue? Bikes take up less space, so you can fit more into parking lots. By them paying they could also reduce the cost of the parking per hour and still maintain or even increase revenue.

Seems like an accident/road rage waiting to happen. We already have plenty of bottlenecks in the city as it is.

Also, I think it’s unfair and asinine that cars have to pay to park and not bikes. Don’t they realize that if bikes paid they’d increase revenue? Bikes take up less space, so you can fit more into parking lots. By them paying they could also reduce the cost of the parking per hour and still maintain or even increase revenue.